schaamhaar

== Dutch == === Etymology === From schamen (“to (be a)shame(d)”) +‎ haar (“hair”), calque of German Schamhaar, though note that the first element in the German word is a noun. The oldest citations in Dutch use the plural form. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsxaːm.ɦaːr/ Hyphenation: schaam‧haar === Noun === schaamhaar n (plural schaamharen, diminutive schaamhaartje n) (countable) a single pubic hair [from ca. 1840] (collective, uncountable) pubic hair, hairgrowth in the pubic region [from 1850s] ==== Derived terms ==== paashaasschaamhaarverzamelaar ==== Related terms ==== schaamstreek ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: skaamhaar → West Frisian: skamhier (calque) ==== See also ==== pubarche